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[–] Zak8022@lemm.ee 85 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I do this so much at work and have to constantly remind myself not to overdo it (otherwise people will think I’m crazy).

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But I've already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 26 points 1 year ago

Stand over the person reading it and interject.

[–] hayes_@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the humble “em dash” — some people use it to interject a completely different sentence in the middle of another — the next time you’re trying to avoid parentheses.

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You can, although probably should not, use semicolons; they can be used to join related statements that could, very frequently, also stand on their own.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Forget what everyone else said. Brackets.

[–] Zak8022@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea I try to do that too. And then make sure it doesn’t end up a ridiculous run on sentence. 😭

[–] z500@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

Just introduce yourself to people as a 19th century German philosopher, they'll understand.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Commas are a pathway to infinitely run-on sentences.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The thing is - and I say that from experience (being somewhat on the ADHD spectrum myself) - that there are no limits to how many of these you can use; or at least that's how it feels to me (sorry!).

[–] someacnt@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Beautiful sentence using all of them!

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they're aesthetically pleasing, even if they're often unnecessary.

[–] deo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i do this; i just have so much to say, and there are only so many conjugations and commas you can get away with -- without it becoming a run-on sentence (i may have a run-on mind).

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

That's called ADHD, but I like the name, so we can use both I guess.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago
[–] sock@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

im like small sentence (heres some back story though (and some deeper context thats needed (also something vaguely related to thing))).

[–] arkh2183@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Usually by my third edit I’m ready to send. Of course, by then I’ve begun to question if anyone is interested in my option anyway and why am I sending this email? They probably know all this already and I’m too stupid to have realized it.